Sweet Corn F1 Swift Seeds

[nilling]

From reading these posts need to try another method of germination so can some kind soul post a link to 'the paper towel method' or 'chitting' (spuds yes, sweetcorn :S)

Gfd went to Dobbies and Conqueror seeds had all sold out so bought T&M sweet varities.

[maypril]

You will need:

1 plate
2 sheets of kitchen towel
Some water
Enough cling film to cover the plate
Some sweetcorn seeds
A warm place

Instructions

Fold a piece of kitchen towel in half twice (so you have a square roughly a quarter of the size but four times as thick).

Wet the kitchen towel to make it damp, but not dripping with water.

Place the kitchen towel on the plate, then scatter your sweetcorn seeds on top.

Follow the same procedure for the second kitchen towel as you di with the first, and place it on top of the sweetcorn seeds.

Cover the whole plate in cling film to help keep the moisture in.

Put the plate somewhere warm and dark, and leave it for three days.

After three days, check on the seeds. Any that have germinated should be(very carefully) put in compost or planted out. Check daily for more germination.

[nilling]

Much kudos maypril

[Barry1009]

Sweet Corn F1 Swift Seeds

I live in Aberdeenshire Scotland and chose swift due to its hardyness in colder weather, i germinated in my greenhouse (unheated) used a blend of compost, garden soil and a little vermiculite and watered daily and had great success, 100% germination, after 1 week 8 inches.

[chris]

fingers crossed the OP is subscribed to the thread for the reply notification

[darcyvuqua]

Is it me or has my reply vanished!!

[chris]

Think its you dude!

[darcyvuqua]

I replied to Barry saying it was a right old thread etc maybe it was me

[chris]

oh your reply. doh its me, I misread your post


Nope can't see your reply either!